Glutamyl-Trna Synthetase

(All numbering and residues are taken from first PDB file)

Bending Residue Dihedral Analysis

Residue
i
Residue
i+1
Distance of hinge axis to residue i in conformer 1
(A)
Distance of hinge axis to residue i in conformer 2
(A)
Change in psi (i)
(deg)
Change in phi (i+1)
(deg)
Angle of psi(i) axis to hinge axis conformer 1
(deg)
Angle of psi(i) axis to hinge axis conformer 2
(deg)
Percentage Progress
 LYS-316   TYR-317  6.8 6.8 11.0 -6.0 120.6 116.6 -10.8
 TYR-317   ILE-318  4.3 4.1 3.5 -5.5 167.3 170.4 22.5
 ILE-318   ARG-319  4.6 4.3 -0.8 -4.8 74.0 69.4 4.8

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Graph shows rotational transition at bending residues and can be used to identify hinge bending residues.
Probably only informative for interdomain rotations greater than 20 degrees